By Connor Boyd For Mailonline
Published: 10:17 BST, 19 June 2019 | Updated: 10:17 BST, 19 June 2019
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Stomach-churning footage shows the moment an audiologist extracts a mammoth chunk of ear wax that left a patient too scared to fly.
Neel Raithatha, from Leicester, was stunned when he finally prised the huge block of wax from the patient's ear in February.
He and his patient could be heard gasping after removing the chunk of wax, which measured a whopping 2.5cm - the entire length of an average ear canal.
It had left the patient scared to fly for fear of the pressure causing pain in his ears.
The chunk of wax measured a whopping 2.5cm - the entire length of an average ear canal
Mr Raithatha, an audiologist with 10 years experience, could be heard saying 'Wow' as he extracted the wax at his Hear Clinic surgery in Leicester.
The video shows him scraping away at layers of wax until the ear canal is finally cleared before using a cup suction to remove the chunk of wax in one whole piece.
The procedure was performed via an endoscope, by which Mr Raithatha examines inside the patient's inner ear cavity.
Neel Raithatha, from Leicester, was stunned when he finally prised the huge block of yellow substance from the patient's ear